A pale pink Barnadesia spinosa flower head has curled hairy outer florets and long dark anther tubes with pink style tips

Barnadesia spinosa


Native to Colombia and Ecuador, this thorny shrub or small tree grows in the Andes, between about 6,400 and 13,500 feet in Colombia. Its stems have paired spines, and it is used for living fences and grown as an ornamental. White to pale pink flower heads have hairy, ribbon-like outer florets and long projecting anther tubes. Each head consists of several small flowers. The resulting dry fruits carry tufts of hairs or bristles. It occurs in forests, shrublands, and grasslands. Photographed in the eastern Andes mountain range of Colombia.

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Three pale pink Barnadesia spinosa flower heads project long pink-tipped anther tubes among green leaves
A white Barnadesia spinosa flower head has curled hairy outer florets and dark anther tubes with pink style tips
Two white Barnadesia spinosa flower heads open beneath a spent head among dark elongated buds
White and pink Barnadesia spinosa flower heads cluster beside browned florets and an unopened bud
Two pale Barnadesia spinosa flower heads show hairy outer florets beside several brown elongated buds
A white Barnadesia spinosa flower head opens among narrow dark buds and green leaves on a spiny branch
Bright pink Barnadesia spinosa flower heads have conspicuous white hairs beside a fading head
Two white Barnadesia spinosa flower heads open beside brown buds with overlapping pointed bracts
Two white Barnadesia spinosa flower heads have hairy outer florets and dark reddish anther tubes beside elongated brown buds

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